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Vol. 58, No. 2, September 11, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Student Groups Struggle to Find Space in the Law Quad •Too Law Open? •LSSS Presidential Welcome •Meet the Class of '10 •Prof. Primus' Bid for Immortality •Perspective •Crossword Puzzle

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Vol. 58, No. 1, August 27, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Nuggets of Wisdom from OCIs Past •How to Succeed at OCI Without Really Trying •Learn How to Find a Firm Job and Be Happy •Prof. Schneider on OCI and Your Future as a Lawyer •Expert Advice •Questions Imponderable and Strange •No Other Warranties, Expressed or Implied •10 Things Not to Do as a Summer Associate •Crossword •The OCI Drinking Game!

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Vol. 57, No. 12, April 3, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Truly Moot? First Round Delays, Lack of Transparency Mar Competition •Law School Facilities •Law School Rock Band •Ask Sandra D. •Interview with Prof. Simpson •Moot Court Finals •The Law Library

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Vol. 57, No. Π, April 1, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Law School Shocked by Federal Fraud Scam •Administration Considers Possibility that "Law Students are Adults" •Wireless/Alcohol Policies Abolished •Milk & Cookies Unaffected

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Vol. 57, No. 11, March 20, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Exams Face Changes •Moot Court •Ask Sandra D. •Prom Pictures •LSSS Elections •SFF Pictures •Build Green for a Better Law School •Green Eggs and Pizza •ABA Concludes Visit •Guest Op-Ed: Michigan Law Review, How Do I Love Thee? •Crossword

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A Lawyer's Lament: Law Schools And The "Profession" Of Law, Wayne S. Hyatt

Vanderbilt Law Review

Back in the mid-eighties, I offered a first year, second semester "un-elective" called American Legal Theory and American Legal Education. It scrunched together two history courses I had taught irregularly before. I liked the way the two topics fit together and still do, but with so many recalcitrant law students enrolled in it, the course was an unmitigated disaster. As is always the case with such attempts at offering perspective, amidst the shambles I had acquired at least a few devoted students. At the end of the last class one of them came up to the front to ask a …

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Vol. 57, No. 9, February 20, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•The Best Kept Secret in Michigan: Curacao •You Are Not Your GPA •New Building Plan Changes Direction •Introducing Miss Sandra D. •March Madness Hits Career Services •Insider Advice and Perspectives •No Other Warranties, Expressed or Implied •Washtenaw County Workers' Center •2nd Annual Juan Luis Tienda Banquet Photos •Grade Curves •You Know Everything About Same-Sex Marriage •Crossword

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Vol. 57, No. 8, February 6, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Grades: Some Perspectives and Advice •Music Review: The Shins •Secret Crushes •Bar Night Photos •The Senate-Qualifides •Valentines Day Ideas •SFF Poker Night

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Vol. 57, No. 7, January 23, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Deans Dish: Prop 2 and Mr. Wolverine •Alternatives to Pricey Textbooks •Where are the Sinks? •Upcoming Events •The New 138 Hutchins Hall •Photos from Mr. Wolverine •Mini-Seminar Scoop

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University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 07/08, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of the University of Michigan Law School faculty.

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Without Color Of Law: The Losing Race Against Colorblindness In Michigan, Khaled Ali Beydoun

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Essay examines affirmative action, while discussing its fall in California, Washington State, and ultimately Michigan.

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The Relationship Between Law School And The Bar Exam: A Look At Assessment And Student Success, Lorenzo A. Trujillo

University of Colorado Law Review

Law schools have a moral and ethical obligation to society-and, to an even greater degree, to their students-to adequately prepare the students to succeed as professionals. Ultimate success for law students is measured by the ability to competently practice in the legal profession, which requires passing the bar exam. A recent downward trend in national bar passage rates highlights the need for law schools to address the factors negatively affecting bar passage rates. Based on research conducted at the University of Colorado School of Law, this article discusses methods to reform new attorney licensure and also highlights strategies to improve …

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Maccrate (In)Action: The Case For Enhancing The Upper-Level Writing Requirement In Law Schools, Kenneth D. Chestek

University of Colorado Law Review

Many commentators have described, and lamented, the gap between the legal academy and the practice of law. This article takes a more hopeful approach. The American Bar Association, the accrediting body for law schools, appears to have been nudging law schools toward offering, and even requiring, more and more practical legal education to teach law students how to perform the tasks they will need in order to practice in a competent manner. The article examines the 2001 amendment to the ABA Standards for Accreditation, which required, for the first time, an "additional rigorous writing experience after the first year, " …

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An Internet-Based Mental Disability Law Program: Implications For Social Change In Nations With Developing Economies, Michael L. Perlin

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Why Not A Justice School? On The Role Of Justice In Legal Education And The Construction Of A Pedagogy Of Justice, Peter L. Davis

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Why are law schools not named schools of justice, or, at least, schools of law and justice? Of course, virtually every law school will reply that this is nit-picking; all claim to be devoted to the study of justice. But our concern is not so easily dismissed. The names of institutions carry great significance; they deliver a political, social, or economic message. . . This Article contends that not only do law schools virtually ignore justice – a concept that is supposed to be the goal of all legal systems – they go so far as to denigrate it and …

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Not Quite "Them," Not Quite "Us": Why It's Difficult For Former Deans To Go Home Again, Nancy B. Rapoport

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Here is the final version of the article that discusses the many lessons I learned while serving in the administration of three different law schools. Among other things, the article discusses the problems with shared governance and with linking rights and responsibilities of faculty members. Comments are always welcome

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Vol. 57, No. 6, November 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Students, Administration Respond to Prop. 2 •Sarbanes-Oxley Symposium •Focus on Public Interest: Betsey Wiegman •1L Job Search •Take it From Me: Law School Bathrooms •Photos from Bar Night, Jenny Runkles •Adam Dubinsky

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Vol. 57, No. 5, November 7, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Colorado Senator Speaks About Career, Politics •Open Letter •Debriefing the Halloween Ticket Snafu •Take It From Me •Lipton's New Pyramid Tea Put to the Test •Coffee Cart Arrives in 200 HH •LSSS Fall Wine and Cheese Pics •A Layman's Guide to Pass/Fail •Nannes 3L Challenge Hits its Target •BLSA Date Auction Pics •LSSS Halloween Party Pics •Navigating the PRS with Priorities in Hand

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Vol. 57, No. 4, October 24, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•An Interview with Alex Joel •Double Booking Problems •Learning the Dual Degree Tango •How to Distinguish Between Law Firms •Harvard Law Changes First-Year Curriculum •Bar Night Pics •Headnotes Pics •Michigan Civil Rights Initiative •Take It from Me •Caminker "Hottest" Dean in the Nation

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Vol. 57, No. 3, October 4, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Interview with Christine Gregory •Letter to the Editor •U.S. Solicitor General Speaks on SCOTUS •Mainstreaming Feminism in Legal Education •3Ls Stepping Up to the Nannes Challenge •Environmental Law Symposium •The Etiquette of Wrong •Focus on Public Service •Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Lecture Series Schedule •MCRI and Affirmative Action •Banned Book Day Pics •Grabbing a Bite •Pining for Piven •Crossword

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Vol. 57, No. 2, September 19, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Class of 2009 by the Numbers •Renovations Deserve Our Applause •A Warm Welcome From Dean Caminker •My Return to Cable •Focus on Public Service •3L Pledging Begins with a Bang •The Keys to Success •Bar Night Pics •LSSS Gives the Lowdown on the Upcoming Year •Japanese Cuisine in the McNamara Terminal •Grade Curves •Crossword

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Vol. 57, No. 1, August 28, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Tips for Early Interview Week and Beyond •All I Ever Needed to Know About OCI I Learned Doing My Laundry •Get Your Dream Job in Your Dream City •Top 10 Things Not to Say on Callbacks •If You Can Dodge the Wrench You Can Dodge These Interview Questions •The OCI Drinking Game! •The Opening of Law School Dating Season •10 Things Not to Do as a Summer Associate •Crossword •Green OCI

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Vol. 56, No. 11, April 4, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Prof. Friedman Goes to Washington •Community Mourns Loss of Alumnus •Editorial: Lame Ducks Quack Thanks •Atkinson: M-Law's Jack of All Trades •Prof. Schneider on OCI and Your Future as a Lawyer •Students, Caminker Discuss Wireless Policy •Senior Day is What You Want it to Be: Make it Count •Putting it All on the Table •Alumnus Considers Duke Rape Allegations, Campus Tensions, Unfair Policies •The Handlebars of the Soul •APALSA Origins Festival Photos •LSSS Prom Photos •Introducing the Poetry of T.S. Eliot •An Open Letter to the Female Law School Community •How the Profs Stole Summer •Griot Photos •Crossword •A Day …

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Vol. 56, No. ∞, April 1, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Michigan Law to Drop to No. 11: Class of 2006 Officially Apologizes

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Paid Family Leave In American Law Schools: Findings And Open Questions, Laura T. Kessler

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There exists a substantial literature on the status of women in the legal profession, including studies on women students’ experiences in law schools, gender bias on law school faculties, and family leave policies and practices among legal employers. However, no recent study examines the family leave policies and practices in American law schools. This study seeks to fill that gap. Its findings are threefold. First, almost three quarters of law schools provide wage replacement during a family leave that is more generous than required by federal law. Second, there is a positive relationship between teaching at top-tier and private law …

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Vol. 56, No. 10, March 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Destination Gulfport: Spring Break in the Wake of Katrina •Editorial: About Those Grade Curves •Everything That's Fit to Moot (Court) •Mark West on Japan, Fashion and Why Dean Croley Will Never be on 'The Daily Show' •LSSS Candidates Share Statements •Don't Let Your Life Bully You •Bar Month Photos •Reflections on my Term: Successes and Failures •Which Me is Me? •MSA Representative Candidates Speak Out •Grade Curves •The Ancient Art of Mixtaping •Question on the Quad •It IS Wrong to Yell Fire in a Crowded Library: You Shouldn't Yell in the Law Library •SFF Auction Photos

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Vol. 56, No. 9, February 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Don't Panic! Save Yourself (Jail) Time, Trouble With 'The Law Student's Guide to the Planet' •Coke Ban Can Beat the Real Thing •Ann Arbor Has a 'Starry Night' •In Re Kwan •An Open Apology to Christina Whitman •Introducing the Poetry of Wallace Stevens •I Know What You Did Last Semester •'Term of Arts' Opening Photos •Michigan Hoops '06: Just Another Tease? •Crossword •Question on the Quad

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Vol. 56, No. 8, February 7, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Renovations to Destroy Locker Monstrosity •Community Mourns Loss of Student •A Half-Hour with Prof. Brensike •Lawopen is Not a Toy •The King of Spain Never Rushes •Introducing the Poetry of Ranier Maria Rilke •Rogue Wave Hits High Tide with Descended Like Vultures •Mr. Wolverine Photos •How to Get Better Grades in Law School Just by Talking Real Smart-Like •The Last Chance... to do What? •50 Ways to Leave Your Landlord •2006 Honda Civic SI: Return of the King •Crossword

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Life's Golden Tree: Empirical Scholarship And American Law, Carl E. Schneider, Lee E. Teitelbaum

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What follows is a simplified introduction to legal argument. It is concerned with the scheme of argument and with certain primary definitions and assumptions commonly used in legal opinions and analysis. This discussion is not exhaustive of all the forms of legal argument nor of the techniques of argument you will see and use this year. It is merely an attempt to introduce some commonly used tools in legal argument. It starts, as do most of your first-year courses, with the techniques of the common-law method and then proceeds to build statutory, regulatory, and constitutional sources of law into the …

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Vol. 56, No. 7, January 24, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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•3Ls and Profs Give Note Taking Tips •Editorial: First-Day Reading Board Should be Online •South African Justice Gives MLK Talk •Summer Holiday in Cambodia: It's Not Just a Job, It's an Adventure •Take Advantage of Public Service Activities •Introducing the Poetry of Hart Crane •Admissions A.D. Shares Her Career Path, Thoughts on Public and Private Practice •Bar Night Photos •The Long, Dark, Car Repair of the Soul •A Bar I May Actually Not Enjoy •There is Hope Yet for the Jobless •Students Should Unite Against Senseless Internet Policy •SFF: What it is, What it Does, and Why You Should Care …

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Vol. 58, No. 2, September 11, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 58, No. 1, August 27, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 12, April 3, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. Π, April 1, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 11, March 20, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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A Lawyer's Lament: Law Schools And The "Profession" Of Law, Wayne S. Hyatt

Vanderbilt Law Review

Vol. 57, No. 9, February 20, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 8, February 6, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 7, January 23, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

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University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 07/08, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Without Color Of Law: The Losing Race Against Colorblindness In Michigan, Khaled Ali Beydoun

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

The Relationship Between Law School And The Bar Exam: A Look At Assessment And Student Success, Lorenzo A. Trujillo

University of Colorado Law Review

Maccrate (In)Action: The Case For Enhancing The Upper-Level Writing Requirement In Law Schools, Kenneth D. Chestek

University of Colorado Law Review

An Internet-Based Mental Disability Law Program: Implications For Social Change In Nations With Developing Economies, Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

Why Not A Justice School? On The Role Of Justice In Legal Education And The Construction Of A Pedagogy Of Justice, Peter L. Davis

Scholarly Works

Not Quite "Them," Not Quite "Us": Why It's Difficult For Former Deans To Go Home Again, Nancy B. Rapoport

Scholarly Works

Vol. 57, No. 6, November 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 5, November 7, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 4, October 24, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 3, October 4, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 2, September 19, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 57, No. 1, August 28, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 56, No. 11, April 4, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 56, No. ∞, April 1, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Paid Family Leave In American Law Schools: Findings And Open Questions, Laura T. Kessler

ExpressO

Vol. 56, No. 10, March 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 56, No. 9, February 21, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Vol. 56, No. 8, February 7, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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Life's Golden Tree: Empirical Scholarship And American Law, Carl E. Schneider, Lee E. Teitelbaum

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Vol. 56, No. 7, January 24, 2006, University Of Michigan Law School

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